Bug#905251: debian-policy: 4.9 paragraph is unclear (incompatibles statements)

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Thu 02 Aug 2018 at 12:16PM +0800, Clément Hermann wrote:

>> "as verbose as reasonably possible" seems incompatible with "maximally verbose
>> output", at least in some cases (golang packages come to mind).
>>
>> Would it be possible to clarify this ?
>
> Yes.  Let's improve this.
>
> Would s/maximally// be sufficient?  Or s/maximally/more/ ?

I don't know a better way to say this, so I'll just say it: I am not
feeling listened to.  I am feeling talked past.  No, that wouldn't be
sufficient at all.

I think some of that is inevitable in the rush to resolve policy bugs,
but there are other ways to get this done that are less dismissive (for
example, requesting a patch).

If you'd like more detail from me, is there some appropriate place to
discuss this in real time?  I am jrnieder on freenode.

Jonathan